I've had a framed newspaper cutting of the last ever calvin and hobbes comic strip on my wall since the day it was published. Still by far my favorite ever newspaper strip - the only thing that has ever approached it in comics is Sandman and XKCD (at least, the only thing in comics that I have read and appreciated to a similar level).

I've loved Calvin and Hobbes since I was a kid, and I've found as I've grown older that not only do I appreciate and understand the strips more, but they apply more and more to my life, which is awesome. It's like a tradition of mine to read through every published Calvin and Hobbes collection (most of which I own, the rest of which I borrow from my library) once a year.

I feel like, directly or not, Munroe takes a lot from Calvin & Hobbes. Especially the sense of adventure that both writers have. But more then that, neither seem to be willing to be pigeon-holed. The majority of my vocabulary is from Calvin and Hobbes, that and Bad Religion songs.

My favorite strips revolve around Hobbes tackling Calvin, or trying to, when he returns from school.

xndrew wrote:I feel like, directly or not, Munroe takes a lot from Calvin & Hobbes. Especially the sense of adventure that both writers have. But more then that, neither seem to be willing to be pigeon-holed. The majority of my vocabulary is from Calvin and Hobbes, that and Bad Religion songs.

My favorite strips revolve around Hobbes tackling Calvin, or trying to, when he returns from school.

I was always fond of Spaceman Spiff, or other ones that toy with perceptions of reality.

Only comic strip that has ever made me cry (damn those Christmas specials). Probably my favorite strip that is/was actually published in a newspaper. Online strips make me laugh harder than CandH did, but it's still probably my favorite to read. I can lose *large* chunks of time with one of the anthologies.

Totally not a hypothetical...

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I can definitely see a pattern in the use of sprawling scenes in their art. One of the comics that I saw (can't remember the name, would love it if someone could link it to me) reminded me of the comic where Calvin zaps the outside of his house to look like a different planet.

<3 <3 <3 so hard. Calvin and Hobbes was amazing. I never read it in the newspaper, I was too young, but my dad had all of the collections. So far as I've seen, it is unrivaled by any other newspaper strip, and I like it more than any webcomic I read too. Reading all the books of Calvin and Hobbes and Dilbert and Foxtrot we had laying around probably contributed to my current state of webcomic addiction.

keozen wrote:Calvin & Hobbes is great. One of the best strips I've ever read.

I have many favorites. There are also a couple of the "fan" done ones that make me chuckle, such as:

This made you chuckle?

I like Calvin & Hobbes, though I've not seen too many and I've only discovered it in the last few months. It manages to be cute, funny and serious at the same time, without being sickly. I kinda agree with xndrew in that xkcd seems to have a similar outlook and spirit as C&H, even if that does manifest itself in completely different ways.

My favorite I had on my locker in the senior design lab, but i can't find it on the intratubes. Calvin brought a snowflake to school and was talking about how unique and marvelous it was until he brought it to school and now it's just water, the same as any other melted flake. I really love the statement it makes about education pipelining.

What did you bring the book I didn't want read out of up for?"MAN YOUR WAY TO ANAL!" (An actual quote from another forum. Only four small errors from making sense.)

I've always thought that Turn Back reminded me of the Spiff and other Calvin's imagination strips, and the walking-around-with-Hobbes dialogue format of many C&H strips, crossed with Oh, The Places You'll Go! It's one of my favorites.

Bakemaster wrote:I've always thought that Turn Back reminded me of the Spiff and other Calvin's imagination strips, and the walking-around-with-Hobbes dialogue format of many C&H strips, crossed with Oh, The Places You'll Go! It's one of my favorites.

Did I hear Calvin and Hobbes archive? Yes, why yes I do think I did!I think it's so sad how uplifting the last comic is. I need to print it out on a good printer and attach it somewhere. Now I'm sad. I think "Hobbes, ol' buddy" did me in.

When I am not on my meds, nothing gets done. Ever. At all. I do exactly the minimum amount of work for me to survive and continue receiving internet access. Work. Does. Not. Get. Done. be it creative / for myself or otherwise.

Did I hear Calvin and Hobbes archive? Yes, why yes I do think I did!I think it's so sad how uplifting the last comic is. I need to print it out on a good printer and attach it somewhere. Now I'm sad. I think "Hobbes, ol' buddy" did me in.

That sound you just heard was your promotion to hero status. I might get through two more days of work with this gem!

What did you bring the book I didn't want read out of up for?"MAN YOUR WAY TO ANAL!" (An actual quote from another forum. Only four small errors from making sense.)

When I am not on my meds, nothing gets done. Ever. At all. I do exactly the minimum amount of work for me to survive and continue receiving internet access. Work. Does. Not. Get. Done. be it creative / for myself or otherwise.

So what? I do that as well. Only replace minimum amount to survive with minimum amount to pass my classes. Actually for the first couple of months of the school year I was not even doing that. I barely do any homework or pay attention in class and never study. I only pass because I am actually intelligent. Nothing wrong with that.

pollywog is awesome, that is all.Addendum: Sethicus is also cool to the maximum.

I remember, incredibly vividly, the day I read the last strip. I didn't catch it in the funnies, instead, I was sitting in my room, I had this giant dinosaur comforter around me and I was drinking hot chocolate. I was sitting next to the radiator because I loved the way it smelled when it was on. I finished the book it was in, that last comic, and I couldn't stop thinking about how little there is in the last panel. You know, a couple of sled tracks, and then nothing but some trees. it was so damn white. I spent the rest of the day outside in snow writing my favorite quotes from the comic as a whole. It was a good day.

When I am not on my meds, nothing gets done. Ever. At all. I do exactly the minimum amount of work for me to survive and continue receiving internet access. Work. Does. Not. Get. Done. be it creative / for myself or otherwise.